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How much do you really know about Lindsey Vonn? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Lindsey Vonn won an Olympic gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

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She won gold in downhill and bronze in super-G at Vancouver 2010, becoming the first American woman to win Olympic gold in downhill.

2.

Lindsey Vonn won an Olympic gold medal in the downhill event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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Lindsey Vonn secured the gold medal in women's downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a highlight of her career.

3.

Lindsey Vonn holds the record for most World Cup victories by any skier, male or female.

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Ingemar Stenmark holds the overall record with 86 wins; Vonn has 82, the most for a woman, but not overall.

4.

Vonn competed in five different Winter Olympics from 2002 to 2018.

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She debuted at 17 in 2002 and competed in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018—five Games despite major injuries.

5.

Lindsey Vonn announced her retirement from competitive skiing in 2019.

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She announced her retirement in February 2019, citing physical pain, and retired after the World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

6.

Lindsey Vonn once raced a World Cup downhill while legally blind in one eye.

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She never raced blind. She did suffer from vision issues after a crash in 2016, but she always had functional sight.

7.

Vonn is the only skier to win World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines.

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Lindsey Vonn is not the only skier to have won World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines. Mikaela Shiffrin and Janica Kostelic, among others, have also achieved this feat.

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Lindsey Vonn raced with a broken arm and still won a World Cup event.

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There is no verified instance of Vonn winning a World Cup race while competing with a broken arm. She fractured her humerus in 2016 but missed the rest of that season.

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